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GBM Black Music Quiz
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1
Former Group: Michael Jackson
New Edition
Jodeci
The Temptations
Jackson 5
2
1979 genre-inspiring hit "Rapper's Delight" is considered to be the first mainstream rap song
The Trammps
The Sugarhill Gang
Wilmer & The Dukes
High Inergy
3
Which song was the very first song to ever debut at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100?
TLC “Scrubs”
Michael Jackon “You Are Not Alone”
Whitney Houston “I Will Always Love You”
Mariah Carey “Vision of Love”
4
Rap group, Kris Kros, was known for...
wearing really crazy colors
being terrible live performers
wearing their clothes backwards
being one-hit wonders
5
He's the creator of “Afrobeat,” and used his music to call for political and social progression
Fela Kuti
Gil Scott Heron
Bob Marley
K’Naan
6
R&B/pop icon Diana Ross was the leader of this 1960's all-girl group:
The Shirelles
The Supremes
The Pointer Sisters
The Vandellas
7
Which of these songs was a hit by Whitney Houston in 1990?
Miracle
I'm Your Baby Tonight
I Will Always Love You
Exhale (Shoop Shoop)
8
Former Group: Ralph Tresvant
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Jodeci
New Edition
Tony! Toni! Toné!
9
He has influenced artists like Michael Jackson and is most nominated Grammy artist in history.
Thelonious Monk
Lionel Richie
Quincy Jones
Stevie Wonder
10
Which city is widely acknowledged as the birthplace of Hip Hop?
Compton, Los Angeles
Brooklyn, New York City
The Bronx, New York City
Houston, Texas
11
Their 2002 hit "Gangsta Lovin'" reached #2 on both the U.S. Hot 100 and U.S. R&B/Hip-Hop charts
Lil Kim and Beenie Man
Eve and Alicia Keys
Trina and Blu Cantrell
Sean Paul and Jully Black
12
Singer/songwriter Lionel Richie once led this R&B group
The Temptations
The Stylistics
The Commodores
The Whispers
13
Which gospel singer would go on to be called the “Godmother of Rock-N-Roll?”
Varetta Dillard
Etta James
Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Faye Adams
14
Actor/singer Jamie Foxx collaborated with rapper Kanye West on this 2005 hit:
"Jesus Walks"
"Touch The Sky"
"Gold Digger"
"Through The Wire"
15
Heavy D discovered this group of talented brothers whose biggest hit was "Candy Rain":
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Al-4-One
Soul for Real
16
Former Group: Redman
Public Enemy
Wu-Tang
De La Soul
RUN-DMC
17
Former Group:
Sisqo
Silk
Boyz II Men
Immature (IMx)
Dru Hill
18
Former Group:
Beyonce Knowles
Brownstone
Destiny's Child
En Vogue
TLC
19
WHAT ARTIST HAS A SONG CALLED NEVER TO MUCH?
TONI BRAXTON
LUTHER VANDROSS
RIHANNA
MARY J BLIGE
20
Prince performed with this pop/R&B princess during the opening of the 2004 Grammy Awards
Mya
Ashanti
Beyonce
Ciara
21
Former Group: Omarion
MMG
NSYNC
B2K
Boyz II Men
22
Former Group:
Jeffery Osborne
The Manhattans
Atlantic Starr
L.T.D.
Earth, Wind & Fire
23
In 1953, “Hound Dog” was released by this blues singer before Elvis Presley’s 1956 version.
Ethel Waters
Willie Mae "Big Mama" Thornton
Bessie Smith
Ruth Brown
24
“I want a girl with extensions in her hair. Bamboo earrings at least two pair.”
MC Hammer
Notorious BIG
LL Cool J
Tupac
25
Former Group: Phife Dawg
A Tribe Called Quest
Bone-Thugs-N-Harmony
NWA
Arrested Development
26
2000 hit single "Who Let The Dogs Out?"
Baha Men
Skipworth & Turner
LondonBeat
The Braxtons
27
Former Group:
Lionel Richie
The Whispers
The Spinner
The Commodores
The OJays
28
Public Enemy
rapper who wore a necklace consisting of clocks as a fashion statement
Tupak Shakur
Ice T
Flavor Flav
LL Cool J
29
Former Group:
Anita Baker
Chic
The Emotioms
After 7
Chapter 8
30
Which R&B singer/songwriter icon lost his sight at age 6?
Stevie Wonder
Ray Charles
Clarence Carter
Eddie Levert
